kaka

[ kah-kuh ]

noun

1. any of several New Zealand parrots of the genus Nestor, especially N. meridionalis, having chiefly greenish and olive-brown plumage.

kaka

/ ˈkɑːkə /

noun

1. a New Zealand parrot, Nestor meridionalis, with a long compressed bill

Word History and Origins

Origin of kaka¹

1765–75; < Maori kākā, perhaps akin to kā to screech

Word History and Origins

Origin of kaka¹

C18: from Māori, perhaps imitative of its call

Example Sentences

From then on, Rahma referred to the man as “Miskin Kaka,” or “Poor Uncle.”

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Even after the wrongful dismissal of Kaka, the Seleçao never looked in trouble.

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Loath were they to leave the place of the Kaka and the lake of their dead.

From Project Gutenberg

Two more joined him, and spent the night on board in singing a kaka or song of love for their visitors.

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The large parrot may be the Kaka, although there is no blue in the plumage of the Kaka (Nestor meridionalis).

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Possibly kaka is a popular or vulgar name for a cray-fish or a crab.

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He carried no weapon but his sacred taiaha, his tongue-pointed staff of hardwood, ornamented with a plume of red kaka feathers.

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